Artificial Intelligence in HSE

Abstract

Abstract Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a relatively new concept for oil and gas industry. Yet, its agile nature and massive potential give a promise for constantly evolving oil and gas business in tackling such issues as environmental protection. AI systems utilize a variety of technologies making it possible to produce comprehensive, nonetheless easy-to-use tools, which can be used by Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) professionals in their daily activities. This paper examines a so-called HSE AI Assistant - another tool aimed to provide support to HSE professionals in getting instant answers to questions on a variety of regulatory topics in occupational health, safety, and environmental protection. This AI tool will utilize latest NLP technologies to retrieve data from a bank of up-to-date HSE regulations and standards, and provide answers to required questions. The tool is a much more efficient alternative to traditional search engines and closed intranet data retrievals, as the AI system has an ability to understand human questions, hunt for applicable data in attribute files, and produce the most relevant answer to the questions. The system utilizes latest machine learning technologies, and has a capability of constant learning and evolvement. This will be especially useful in terms of changing local legislation and updates to the HSE regulations. The HSE AI Assistant can also be supplied with a capability to assist HSE specialists in classification of hazardous materials and help to perform regular HSE audits in the areas where hazardous materials are used and disposed. Developed locally in Turkmenistan by a team of HSE and IT professionals, the HSE AI Assistant can become a very accessible and easy to maintain reference and solution tool for HSE specialists working on COSHH audits and environmental impact assessment. The HSE AI can also assist those who control the chemical stock in the warehouse, and who manage the hazardous waste at the disposal sites.